dittybopper:If you think you are the King of Ghosts, then perhaps castration, thus taking you out of the breeding pool, isn't such a bad idea. In the programming world, we'd say "That's a feature, not a bug".

BurnShrike:It's one thing if you can feel God talking to you. It's another thing if you feel He's saying you're the King of Ghosts and you should castrate yourself

No it's not. It's the same damn thing. If you hear voices from people that don't exist, you're a nutcase and need to be evaluated by a mental health specialist.

A lot of people hear voices - I seem to remember that something like 20% of people do. It doesn't directly signal a mental health issue. It's when you believe those voices are from people or beings or deities that you have mental health issues.

Lewis Black in reference to that cult of people who committed suicide because they believed a UFO was behind a comet... Part of said cult included no drinking, no smoking, no drugs, and no sex unless you were castrated...

"I want to believe there's this little voice of survival in peoples heads and that when they are standing at the toilet with their pecker and a weed whacker it goes off and says 'Hey I don't think this is a good idea, maybe we should join a bowling team instead.'"

iheartscotch:dittybopper: If you think you are the King of Ghosts, then perhaps castration, thus taking you out of the breeding pool, isn't such a bad idea. In the programming world, we'd say "That's a feature, not a bug".

BurnShrike:It's one thing if you can feel God talking to you. It's another thing if you feel He's saying you're the King of Ghosts and you should castrate yourself

No it's not. It's the same damn thing. If you hear voices from people that don't exist, you're a nutcase and need to be evaluated by a mental health specialist.

Something like 85%of the US population claims that they believe in a personal supernatural being who takes a direct interest in their lives. How come not a single one of them is likely to stop and say, "Well, maybe he's telling the truth."

How dare all of you disrespect this man's concept of spirituality? We have Freedom of Religion in this country and it applies to ALL religions, not just the mainstream ones. Or don't you folks believe all religions are equally deserving of respect?

gimmegimme:How dare all of you disrespect this man's concept of spirituality? We have Freedom of Religion in this country and it applies to ALL religions, not just the mainstream ones. Or don't you folks believe all religions are equally deserving of respect?

Freedom also means the freedom to disrespect.They have the freedom to believe what they want and so do I.I believe there are idiots in this world.

genner:gimmegimme: How dare all of you disrespect this man's concept of spirituality? We have Freedom of Religion in this country and it applies to ALL religions, not just the mainstream ones. Or don't you folks believe all religions are equally deserving of respect?

Freedom also means the freedom to disrespect.They have the freedom to believe what they want and so do I.I believe there are idiots in this world.

I just get frustrated. Yahweh tells a man to cut off his son's foreskin and they don't think the believer is weird. But when a man hears a deity tell him to cut off his testes, people make fun of him for his believe and apply logic and reason. It's not consistent thinking.

gimmegimme:How dare all of you disrespect this man's concept of spirituality? We have Freedom of Religion in this country and it applies to ALL religions, not just the mainstream ones. Or don't you folks believe all religions are equally deserving of respect?

gimmegimme:genner: gimmegimme: How dare all of you disrespect this man's concept of spirituality? We have Freedom of Religion in this country and it applies to ALL religions, not just the mainstream ones. Or don't you folks believe all religions are equally deserving of respect?

Freedom also means the freedom to disrespect.They have the freedom to believe what they want and so do I.I believe there are idiots in this world.

I just get frustrated. Yahweh tells a man to cut off his son's foreskin and they don't think the believer is weird. But when a man hears a deity tell him to cut off his testes, people make fun of him for his believe and apply logic and reason. It's not consistent thinking.

genner:gimmegimme: genner: gimmegimme: How dare all of you disrespect this man's concept of spirituality? We have Freedom of Religion in this country and it applies to ALL religions, not just the mainstream ones. Or don't you folks believe all religions are equally deserving of respect?

Freedom also means the freedom to disrespect.They have the freedom to believe what they want and so do I.I believe there are idiots in this world.

I just get frustrated. Yahweh tells a man to cut off his son's foreskin and they don't think the believer is weird. But when a man hears a deity tell him to cut off his testes, people make fun of him for his believe and apply logic and reason. It's not consistent thinking.

It's perfectly consistent if you believe Yahweh is the one true God.

Right, but what makes Yahweh the one true god any more valid than the other deity?